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Chapter 69 Eastern Expedition

 "Bah! This Cao Zhijian is disgusting! He actually wants to separate Guangzhou and become the local emperor. He thinks he is Emperor Hongguang." Zhu Hengjia slapped the emperor fiercely, "Send an order to Yan Tianfeng to give Gu a hard beating!

After the four vassal kings and the old ministers of Longwu surrendered, the situation in Guangdong was very favorable to Zhu Hengjia.

Hong Tianzhuo, an old minister of Longwu who was stationed in Leizhou, and Cao Zhijian, the Marquis of Baochang who was stationed in Guangzhou, all submitted to Zhu Hengjia.

Hong Tianzhuo of Hainan Province is a tough guy. When Zhu Hengjia ordered Ding Kuichu to surrender all the prefectures in Guangdong, Lianzhou, Gaozhou and Qiongzhou all surrendered. Leizhou is sandwiched between Lianzhou, Gaozhou and Qiongzhou in the north, and there is no danger to defend it.<

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However, Hong Tianzhuo refused to surrender. He pointed to the jade belt of the envoy sent by Ding Kuichu and asked: "Who gave me the gift to bring you here, and why did you say this?"

After saying that, he tore the messenger's jade belt into pieces.

The envoy turned out to be an old minister of Longwu. He followed Ding Kuichu to surrender to Zhu Hengjia. He was made embarrassed and irritable by Hong Tianzhi and fled back to Guangxi.

At that time, Zhu Hengjia was in peace talks with Emperor Longwu. He did not want to provoke Emperor Longwu, so he let him go and did not attack him.

But Leizhou is stuck between Gaozhou, Lianzhou and Qiongzhou, and its geographical location is very important. Without occupying Leizhou, we cannot control the Qiongzhou Strait.

Now that Longwu is dead, Hong Tianzhuo will automatically surrender, and the Qiongzhou Strait is under Zhu Hengjia's control. It seems that this move of treating Longwu's old ministers favorably is the right move!

Zhu Hengjia appreciated Hong Tianzhu's toughness and promoted Hong Tianzhu to the right minister of the Ministry of official affairs. Gu Yi, the former right minister of the Ministry of official affairs, was changed to the left minister of the Ministry of official affairs. In the Ming Dynasty, the left was respected, and Gu Yi was also very happy.

Now that Leizhou and Guangzhou have surrendered, it is natural to send troops to attack other places in Guangdong, trying to occupy more territory before the Qing army Li Chengdong's troops arrive.

Zhu Hengjia made Pingdong Bo Yan Tianfeng the commander-in-chief and Zhongyong Bo Yang Huai the deputy commander. He led 35,000 horse and infantry troops from Zhaoqing to Guangzhou, and then captured Hui and Chaozhou. He also ordered Fu Ming Bolincha to be the commander-in-chief of the Guanghai Navy.

10,000 naval commanders were dispatched in coordination with Yan Tianfeng.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Yan Tianfeng's troops walked from Zhaoqing to Sanshui County, Guangzhou Prefecture, they were blocked by Wang Dajie, the commander-in-chief of Cao Zhijian's troops.

Wang Dajie said, Guangzhou Mansion is the territory of my family, Lord Cao, please take a detour.

After all, Cao Zhijian had nominally surrendered to Zhu Hengjia. Yan Tianfeng did not dare to make the decision on his own whether to fight or not. So he went to Zhu Hengjia to ask for instructions on what to do.

Zhu Hengjia’s order came. Three words: Beat hard!

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Cao Zhijian, the Marquis of Baochang, was originally a descendant of Zhongliang. He was hereditary Cangzhou Guard. After the Qing troops entered the pass, ninety-three members of his family died in the king's affairs.

He and the rest of his family fled from Hebei to Nanjing. When he was young, he fell into poverty and made a living by passing down newspapers.

Liu Xizhuo, the censor of the imperial censor, saw that he was pitiful and brave, so he made him a member of his army to guard Changsha.

Unexpectedly, this person is ungrateful.

After the peasant army captured Changsha, Cao Zhijian and Liu Xizuo fled to Yongzhou together. The pursuers were in a hurry. Cao Zhijian thought Liu Xizuo was running slowly, so he abandoned Liu Xizuo and fled alone. As a result, Liu Xizuo died tragically.

Historically, when Cao Zhijian led his army into Guangdong from Zhenxia Pass, he was rejected by the Guangdong army. At this time and space, Zhu Hengjia defeated Ding Kuichu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Guangdong was empty of troops, so he took the opportunity to occupy Guangzhou.

In addition to being ungrateful, this person has two other characteristics.

The first is that he is bold and lawless. Because of a personal grudge, he once asked his subordinates to pretend to be thieves and attack and kill the Ming Dynasty clan prince Yong'an. He had soldiers in his hands, but the court had no choice but to pretend not to know.

The second is that he is good at promoting Buddhism. In order to convince his subordinates, he promoted that he was the reincarnation of Randen Buddha. He once said: "I was the reincarnation of Randen Buddha in my previous life. I studied under Qu Tan, Li Er, and Zhong Ni. They are all my disciples. Now I am sitting here."

And those who are arrogant can never compare with numbers!"

This family has been guarding the military for generations, and Cangzhou is also the hometown of martial arts, so its martial arts are good. His subordinates Cao Si, Wang Dajie, Lei Zhaosheng, Ou Zhengfu, etc. are all brave.

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"Brother, if we don't let King Jingjiang's army pass through Guangzhou, will he send troops to attack us? After all, he is the supervisor of the country!" Cao Zhijian's younger brother Cao Si was a little worried.

"I'm afraid," Cao Zhijian picked his teeth with his hands, "Back then, that shitty county prince and old Cao were so crazy that we asked our men to dress up as thieves and kill him. The court didn't even dare to let it go, they just said it was a road trip.

If you encounter a thief, you will suffer misfortune."

"But King Jingjiang is different. He has soldiers in his hands."

"Haha, he has soldiers, and we also have cannons."

Cao Zhijian was crazy for a reason. After occupying Guangzhou, he sent people to buy a large number of muskets and cannons from the Francois in Macau, and collected ships to build a navy. He thought he was invincible.
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He has regarded Guangzhou as his own territory. The so-called submission is just to let Zhu Hengjia give him a bigger official position. Who would have thought that Zhu Hengjia would actually send troops to pass through Guangzhou. How can this be done? He can only fight.

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Ping Dongbo Yan Tianfeng was very happy. Finally a battle was fought!

As the first general to follow Zhu Hengjia, his qualifications are similar to those of Yang Guowei, Shi Qiwen, and Fan Youxian. These three old brothers followed Zhu Hengjia to attack the Cen family in Sizhou, and made military exploits and became marquises. However, he did not fight because he stayed in Zhaoqing.

Even if I fight, I can’t make him a marquis, and I’m still a Ping Dongbo.

It's better now, there's a war! Since ancient times, fame has been achieved immediately!

Yan Tianfeng asked Yang Huai: "Uncle Zhongyong, how do you think this battle will be fought?"

Yang Huai was also an old man who followed Zhu Hengjia. In the Battle of Baiyun Mountain, Ding Kuichu's general Su Pin almost killed Zhu Hengjia, but Yang Huai bravely killed Su Pin.

Yang Huai thought for a while: "Dashuai, Sanshui, and Shunde counties are close to Guangzhou and are the first to govern Nanhai and Panyu. The commander of Dashuai will attack Sanshui. How about I lead a partial division to attack Shunde?"

Yan Tianfeng twirled his beard and laughed: "After seeing each other for three days, I saw each other with admiration. Uncle Zhongyong is now the commander-in-chief of an army with great strategies. He is no longer the soldier who followed the supervisor around him back then!"

Yan Tianfeng is much older than Yang Bei, so he dares to joke with Yang Huai like this.

After the two discussed it, they acted according to their plan.

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In the waters near Shangchuan Island, Dinghaibo Sungui is competing with Fuming Bolincha.

Sun Gui's navy was originally stationed in Hepu, Lianzhou.

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Hearing that Cao Zhijian actually resisted him, Zhu Hengjia was furious and ordered Sun Gui to bring 10,000 naval troops to Guangzhou to help in the battle, leaving only 5,000 naval troops in Hepu for defense.

Sun Gui was Zhu Hengjia's confidant, and his navy was naturally a direct descendant. Almost all the large ships and new ships built by the Ship Department of the Armaments Department were allocated to Sun Gui.

Sun Gui's fleet has six new large fortune ships made of thousands of materials (one material is equal to 0.325 tons). This new type of fortune ship draws on the advantages of the Red Mao Yi people's plywood sailboats, and also uses double-layer plywood, which is tall and thick. In addition to being equipped with In addition to the sixteen Fran cannons, there are four Hongyi cannons; ten new Haicang ships built after the Red Maoyi multi-masted sailing ships; twenty new Eagle ships built after the Red Maoyi ketch; extra number There are also hundreds of original Navy ships.

His own boat was much better than Lin Cha's boat, and Sun Gui had an advantage over Lin Cha.

He wanted to show Lin Cha his skills and wanted to form a formation and sail at a faster speed.

Unexpectedly, Sun Gui had only fought water battles in rivers before, and was not very familiar with commanding naval battles. Although his ship was good, the flags he commanded were messy, and other command means such as lanterns were insufficient, so the speed of the formation was naturally slow.

Although Lin Cha's ship was old, he commanded it well. During the day, he hung and waved various flags in the agreed way to form corresponding flags; at night, he used lanterns to reflect the sailing conditions; when encountering foggy days with poor visibility or rainy days, he also used various flags to form corresponding flags. There are gongs, trumpets and conch horns. Communication and command are very smooth.

"Wind"

"Zhang Fan"

"Sail"

"Set Sail"??

Signals were sent out one after another, with the big ship in the middle and the fast ship on the side. Depending on the type of ship, there were eight to ten ships in a team.

Lin Cha's troops soon completed their formation and set sail.

Sun Gui finally followed up.

Suddenly encountered a headwind.

"Seize the wind and sail the boat", Lin Cha played the flag slogan.

Each warship changes the direction of its hull and sails every once in a while, and the ship moves forward in a zigzag pattern. Going against the wind, the formation does not break up.

Sun Gui's fleet encountered headwinds and became disorganized.

After a few days, Sun Gui was convinced.

He waved flags to meet Lin Cha.

As soon as he saw Lin Cha, Sun Gui immediately made a military salute: "Our troops are willing to obey the command of Uncle Fu Ming!"

Lin Cha hurriedly gave in and said: "This can't be done. Dinghaibo is highly respected and our troops are willing to listen to Dinghaibo's orders."

Sun Gui was anxious: "Don't you know how much my grandson has? If Uncle Fu Ming refuses, he is looking down on me."

The two of them gave in for a long time and suddenly burst out laughing.

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The navy of the Ming Army and the navy of the Cao Army fought for the first time in the waters of Shangchuan Island.

The first battle is the decisive battle.

The Ming army was commanded by Lin Cha, with 700 large and small warships and 20,000 soldiers. The commander was experienced in naval battles, the personnel were well-trained, and the ships were well-equipped.

Cao's army was commanded by Lei Zhaosheng, the commander-in-chief of the navy. It had 600 large and small warships and 15,000 troops. Most of them were collected civilian ships. The main force was a dozen sailing ships purchased from the Francois.

Lei Zhaosheng's troops were infantrymen before and had never fought in naval battles. After training for several months, they hurriedly formed an army. There were originally only 10,000 people. In order to increase their strength, 5,000 children of the Xu family along the coast were forcibly recruited to join the army.

These children of the Xu family heard that Zhu Hengjia changed Zaoxu to the people, and the fishing lessons were also low. On the other hand, Cao Zhijian was collecting money in Guangzhou. Naturally, they were not willing to fight to the death for Cao Zhijian.

As soon as the battle started, it was one-sided, and one after another Cao's warships caught fire and sank.

In this battle, the Ming army lost 20 warships and 600 men; the Cao army lost 400 warships and 10,000 men (mainly because many escaped), and another 30 ships were captured.

Soon, Shangchuan Island, Xiachuan Island, Wuzhushan Island, Dajin Island, Laowanshan Island, and Daxishan Island were conquered one after another.

The Ming army entered the mouth of the Guangdong River (Pearl River).

In the Ming Dynasty, there were six gates to the sea in the Guangdong River: Humen, Jiaomen, Hengmen, Modaomen, Hutiaomen and Yamen. In later generations, after hundreds of years of river flooding, Hongqimen and Jiximen were added.

, known as the Eight Gates Entering the Sea.

There are many rivers at the mouth of the Guangdong River, with fast currents and dense reefs. It is easy to get stranded if you are not familiar with the hydrological conditions.

But this is not a problem for the Ming army. Because this was once the home base of the pirates of the four surnames who had surrendered to Zhu Hengjia, the Ming army naturally had no shortage of navigators.

"Commander, this is Humen, the most dangerous place at the Pearl River Estuary; opposite is Jiaomen. The Cao thieves have set up forts at these two places." The old pirate Chen Dagou introduced Lin Cha.

Legend has it that a long time ago, southwest of Shajiao, Guangdong, was a place frequented by the Dragon King of the South China Sea. One day, the Dragon King's youngest daughter, Yaniang, ran to the mainland beach to play alone, and swam westward to Lianhua Mountain. Unexpectedly, there was a tiger living on this mountain.

Jing, who was pregnant at the time, was looking for food everywhere. When he saw Ya Niang, he pounced on her. Ya Niang was so frightened that she ran away. The Dragon King was shocked and immediately ran out of the Dragon Palace with his shrimp soldiers and crab generals. At this time, Ya Niang

Life was at stake. The shrimp soldiers and crab generals beat the tiger to death with magic sticks. When the tiger was injured, it gave birth to a stillborn fetus. But the Dragon King was still worried, fearing that it would resurrect from death, so he locked the tiger and the stillborn fetus in the river with a golden lock.

They became two mountain islands lying across the Pearl River. Later generations called them the Big and Little Tiger Mountains. The Big and Little Tiger Mountains resembled two gatekeepers, and Humen got its name from this.

When Lin Cha looked at the terrain of Humen, he took a breath of air: "The Golden Lock crosses the river here, and the terrain is steep, and it is pinching the throat of the waterway. If Cao thieves set up a fort here, our fleet will not be able to enter Guangzhou!"

Unexpectedly, Chen Dagou was not in a hurry: "When the villain was working as a pirate at the mouth of the Guangdong River with Ma Master, he knew this place well."

Lin Cha was overjoyed: "If you have a way for our army to capture Humen, there will be many rewards!"

"The commander-in-chief can first take a detour to Hongqi Gate and capture Jiaomen. As for Humen, there is a high tide for two hours every day. The water depth at high tide is several feet higher than usual. Our warships can take advantage of the high tide to enter the waterway and bombard Humen. Then we can send troops to Humen.

An infantry group landed and detoured around Humen to attack on the flank. It must be defeated!"


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